Self-scoring test with non-disclosed key

Abstract

A scoring form for tests having a series of questions with multi-choice answers. The form provides an answer group for each question. An answer group is a matrix of rows and columns. The number of columns (or matrix elements in a row) is typically equal to the number of answer choices in the questions, with the elements in each row identified the same as the answer choices. The number of rows in the matrix is equal to the position number of the question in the ordered series of test questions. Each line in the matrix is identified by the question number and one of a series of hyphenated identifiers. Each element in each matrix contains a latent image address which is invisible to the testee until he activates the latent image, as by rubbing the spot which he associates with the correct answer. The image which becomes visible contains the identification for the line he is to use for entering the answer to the next question and carries with it by inference the information about the correctness of his answer to the last and all prior questions. Each line in a given matrix is keyed by the test maker to the number of prior questions answered correctly. The matrix of the last question will have each matrix element contain the actual score or a letter or symbol which the testee will note and which the test administrator can interpret, giving the testee his score after he has returned the test.

I claim: 
     
       1. A self-scoring answer sheet for a test for investigating the intellectual capacity of a testee, said test having at least two questions, serially identified; each question having at least one correct answer choice and at least one incorrect answer choice, said answer sheet comprising: a. Answer elements formed into one answer matrix for each question--said answer matrix having a first number of lines of elements and a second number of columns of elements, said first number being equal to or greater than the serial identifier of the question, said second number being equal to or greater than the number of answer choices provided in the question;   b. An identifier for each matrix corresponding to the serial identification of the question associated therewith;   c. Identifiers for each column of elements corresponding to the identifiers assigned to the answer choices;   d. Identifiers for each line of elements;   e. Identifiers positioned in each matrix element and hidden by a latent image technology, subject to exposure by said testee.   
     
     
       2. An answer sheet as in claim 1 where the hidden identifiers are keyed to the correctness of the related answer choice. 
     
     
       3. An answer sheet as in claim 1 having one more column of answer elements than the questions have answer choices and where the answer elements in the additional column are keyed to a choice by the testee not to answer the question. 
     
     
       4. An answer sheet as in claim 2 where each hidden identifier is related to an identified line in the next successive answer matrix. 
     
     
       5. An answer sheet as in claim 4 where each matrix line has an associated scoring value. 
     
     
       6. An answer sheet as in claim 4 where the scoring value is decreased by the selection by the testee of each incorrect answer choice. 
     
     
       7. An answer sheet as in claim 5 where the matrix associated with the last question of the test includes identifiers related to the score. 
     
     
       8. An answer sheet as in claim 7 where said identifiers are the score. 
     
     
       9. An answer sheet as in claim 5 where said first number of lines of elements is greater than the serial number of the question. 
     
     
       10. An answer sheet as in claim 9 where each line contains at least three different identifiers.